Yearning to Breath Free (Independence Day)

I believe we are witnessing the demise

of our society. History will say the virus

brought the final blow.

The precursors, the root causes, though,

have been underlying and brewing for

decades, one could say for centuries, a

bad seed sown from the beginning.

Freedom and democracy, many have

proclaimed it was all about Me, the

power and the greed. Everyone has

to have their way, and always the poor,

the needy, and the abused minorities

must pay.

Equal rights they say, yet equality only

applies to the privileged, the evangelical,

the gun, insurance, oil and big pharma

lobbies as Congress gets paid to legislate

their way. 

And then there is the President who

turned our allies and the free world

against us, who allied with and relied

upon dictatorial adversarial powers,

right-wing extremists and googly

eyed, mesmerized followers to elect

him to office.

Me, Me, Me, it has become the me

First and Me only society. You won’t

even wear a mask and maintain social

distancing to prevent the spread of a

deadly contagious pandemic, all

the while claiming your rights under

The First Ammendment.

Me, Me Me, it has become, the Me

First, the One and Only Me Society.

Global Warming, Global Pandemic,

Equal Justice and Equal Rights, it’s

all just a Hoax, you claim. And what

of the most vulnerable among us

Yearning to Breathe Free?

The New Colossus, and hope for

the World is crumbling before our

very eyes.

                             -30-

Chris Hanch 7-4-2020